Richardson out

[Sutekh]

Just get Selles back; knows a lot of the players and strong bond with the fans - owners won’t as they’ll want their own choice and will probably stubbornly persevere with LR, even when it’s plain it’s not working.

Yeah cos his away record was so amazingly good wasn't it.... No thanks
The more I see of his management since he left the more I realise the squad wasn't that bad and he was absolute guff.

Playing CM with the 2023 update I looked at the squad in Selles first season and thought take away the points deduction and it should have been challenging for top 6. I counted up how many of that squad (40 IIRC) have since gone on to play in the Championship and i think it was 10, and Wareham will be another at some point, possibly next season.

As for Richardson, i wasn't considering a change before Easter but i think the commentator said yesterday that our form in the 6 games since has been the worst in the division. The results definitely suggest that, so i think that now would be the best time for a clean break. Give a new manager a chance to bring in the players he wants. If Richardson stays then he's going to be under huge pressure at the start of next season and the atmosphere will be toxic. For ages i've been meaning to look up his stats on the CM 2023 update. Will do that at some point. I was looking for coaches with the same strengths as Selles and Schofield's name came up

Well, he is a man for all seasons

[MR. CYNICAL]

Ritchie Wellens anyone? Just had a massive rant at his players and could be time for him to move on.

Should've gone for him when we sacked Noel. Think we've missed the chance now and he'll go to Leicester in the summer.

If that Rant is reported accurately, then it's the most self-centred thing I have ever heard from any kind of manager - nearly as deluded as Leam....

"You've wasted 10 months of my career"... as if he was blissfully uninvolved.... no thanks

Agree, Wellens has that unlikable aura about him judging by some of the comments he's made previously.

[Blue hoops]

and the two terrible transfer windows.

Can't agree with that, players signed both windows looked really decent on paper. Roberts, Ward and Nyambe looked good in their first games. Even Keane scored a couple early on. O'Connell, D. Williams etc. plenty of good signings there each window. Lane was great for Pompey at this level.

We need to look at why they've all ended the season sharing a Paul Brayson award as some of the worst players to grace the hallowed turf. Every single player has got demonstrably worse since joining. That has to point a finger at coaching - I e before they joined, they had better coaching and carried that over, and are now worse because they haven't.

That alone should be enough for Richard out.

[Linden Jones' Tash]

and the two terrible transfer windows.

Can't agree with that, players signed both windows looked really decent on paper. Roberts, Ward and Nyambe looked good in their first games. Even Keane scored a couple early on. O'Connell, D. Williams etc. plenty of good signings there each window. Lane was great for Pompey at this level.

We need to look at why they've all ended the season sharing a Paul Brayson award as some of the worst players to grace the hallowed turf. Every single player has got demonstrably worse since joining. That has to point a finger at coaching - I e before they joined, they had better coaching and carried that over, and are now worse because they haven't.

That alone should be enough for Richard out.

O'Connell... Richard...?

Are you in the right forum?.....

[Hound]

The owners definitely have themselves a difficult one to call

As I’ve mentioned before it’s a really poor time to change manager with no one lined up being as the players are now on hols with the next big decision being contract renewals

On the other hand there really isn’t a lot to get enthusiastic about for next season as things stand and it’s a poor situation going into the summer on a real downer like we are. I don’t think anyone would be upset to see LR go - personally I don’t really care either way about him as a person, but we’re undoubtedly a shocking watch at the moment with a pretty poor squad of players. We need an entire new spine except JP in goal imo. Plus better wingers. I’d happily let the whole lot go in all honesty

I guess he’ll probably hang on, but likewise would not be at all suprised to see us part ways with him in the next week or so - I can’t see him coming back from the dislike he seems to have built up

Anyway looking forward to not thinking about it or watching us for a couple of months tbh

[ILoveMoonPig]

Let's be realistic, he's not going anywhere, whether you like him or not. I won't say that our football has been a pleasure to watch but he does still have the excuse of managing someone else's team and not having a possession.

I don't even really think it was Hunt's team, either. Probably leaning a bit too hard into AI scouting. But if he stays over the summer, he won't have those excuses next season. That's when you can actually judge his managerial ability.

Not all managers are excellent people-managers (Alardyce, Redknap etc) or master tacticians. Some just coach their teams to follow their tactics and that's going to take players with the right attributes and a lot of training over the summer.

[tidus_mi2]

Let's be realistic, he's not going anywhere, whether you like him or not. I won't say that our football has been a pleasure to watch but he does still have the excuse of managing someone else's team and not having a possession.

I don't even really think it was Hunt's team, either. Probably leaning a bit too hard into AI scouting. But if he stays over the summer, he won't have those excuses next season. That's when you can actually judge his managerial ability.

Not all managers are excellent people-managers (Alardyce, Redknap etc) or master tacticians. Some just coach their teams to follow their tactics and that's going to take players with the right attributes and a lot of training over the summer.

Well, quite. I do think he's here next season and as such I won't be renewing my ST, following the results will be far more pleasent than actually having to sit through that tripe.

And with the new subscription model, if we're actually playing entertaining football, it should be easy to take up a ST mid-season at least.

[nailseabiscuitman]

Haven't really seen any comments about the coaching team, much bigger than it was under Hunt. Are they all fans of our current way of playing or are they at odds too. Is there some ITK who has any insight

[CountryRoyal]

I’ve seen a few mentions of LR getting an unequal amount of criticism compared to some of our previous poor managers in the last decade or so.

I would say: unlike the past, the style of play was never really an obvious issue, bar Stamball, which the vast majority of the fanbase disliked - difference being it saw relative success and in a higher division.

Additionally, we’re now a relatively big fish in a small pond and the expectation is and should be higher. Let’s be honest, it’s a poor quality league and we’re outperformed by almost every team, home and away.

We’re also supposedly in a good financial position and he’s had good backing, which a lot of his predecessors haven’t.

All of this is exacerbated by the way he comes across. He takes no accountability, his demeanour is drab and he’s exudes a delusional arrogance with his repetitive rhetoric. It’s either stubbornness or stupidity. He’s just not a particularly likeable guy.

Ultimately, in a results based business, all of this is by-in-large ‘acceptable’ if the results go our way (see Stam) but when they dry up public opinion shifts very quickly.

[Royality creeps In]

Without reading all of this thread. If I was an owner I would be mighty concerned about what appears to be the majority of the fanbase turning on LR. I'm presuming the owners or their representatives were there Saturday and observed the increasingly toxic atmosphere and the anger among the fans.
With next seasons ST's being rolled out and reading the general apathy on here and Social Media, I think renewals may be down unless something happens on the manager front. At the end of the day its all about ' Bums on seats'
I know of 3 or 4 of our group that are not bothering buying ST's next season because its boring/negative football and no longer an enjoyable day out as it used to be.
If that's a snapshot of the fanbase the owners will have to take some sort of action and replace the manager with someone who will bring in some optimism for next season.
He has to go!

[Sutekh]

Without reading all of this thread. If I was an owner I would be mighty concerned about what appears to be the majority of the fanbase turning on LR. I'm presuming the owners or their representatives were there Saturday and observed the increasingly toxic atmosphere and the anger among the fans.
With next seasons ST's being rolled out and reading the general apathy on here and Social Media, I think renewals may be down unless something happens on the manager front. At the end of the day its all about ' Bums on seats'
I know of 3 or 4 of our group that are not bothering buying ST's next season because its boring/negative football and no longer an enjoyable day out as it used to be.
If that's a snapshot of the fanbase the owners will have to take some sort of action and replace the manager with someone who will bring in some optimism for next season.
He has to go!

And I suppose that then we can start a new manager out thread

[Brogue]

Without reading all of this thread. If I was an owner I would be mighty concerned about what appears to be the majority of the fanbase turning on LR. I'm presuming the owners or their representatives were there Saturday and observed the increasingly toxic atmosphere and the anger among the fans.
With next seasons ST's being rolled out and reading the general apathy on here and Social Media, I think renewals may be down unless something happens on the manager front. At the end of the day its all about ' Bums on seats'
I know of 3 or 4 of our group that are not bothering buying ST's next season because its boring/negative football and no longer an enjoyable day out as it used to be.
If that's a snapshot of the fanbase the owners will have to take some sort of action and replace the manager with someone who will bring in some optimism for next season.
He has to go!

And I suppose that then we can start a new manager out thread

Let’s get this to 50 pages first….

Presume you are still Leam in?

[Orion1871]

Without reading all of this thread. If I was an owner I would be mighty concerned about what appears to be the majority of the fanbase turning on LR. I'm presuming the owners or their representatives were there Saturday and observed the increasingly toxic atmosphere and the anger among the fans.
With next seasons ST's being rolled out and reading the general apathy on here and Social Media, I think renewals may be down unless something happens on the manager front. At the end of the day its all about ' Bums on seats'
I know of 3 or 4 of our group that are not bothering buying ST's next season because its boring/negative football and no longer an enjoyable day out as it used to be.
If that's a snapshot of the fanbase the owners will have to take some sort of action and replace the manager with someone who will bring in some optimism for next season.
He has to go!

And I suppose that then we can start a new manager out thread

Let’s get this to 50 pages first….

Presume you are still Leam in?

Yet wants Slot sacked from his other teams, despite winning the league last year.

[morganb]

Couhig et al were over here for the weekend game. You would imagine that they will be doing their review and forecasting in the next couple of days. If Richardson is still here at the end of the week then he won't be going anywhere for the foreseeable

[katweslowski]

Couhig gets up at 5am to watch games when he's not here and as stated did attend yesterday. Surely he's watching thinking "what the actual frick is that twot doing. This is so boring". It doesn't take a football fan to see it's boring. No shots on target and barely even a credible attack. Boring boring oxf*rd boring. I'm so angry about just how utterly shit it is to watch.

LR would be way more endearing if he didn't come out and say things like "positive performance", "positive result". Fans won't tolerate that.

I would have some forgiveness and more patience if he came out and said "that was absolutely oxf*rd shit. I will be doing all I can to coach them to attack, to pass forward, to shoot at goal, the game today doesn't represent where I want this team to be. Fans cns be assured we're working on this"

Instead he just takes fans for fools but just stupidly saying it was all good.

[The Cap]

I’ve seen a few mentions of LR getting an unequal amount of criticism compared to some of our previous poor managers in the last decade or so.

I would say: unlike the past, the style of play was never really an obvious issue, bar Stamball, which the vast majority of the fanbase disliked - difference being it saw relative success and in a higher division.

Additionally, we’re now a relatively big fish in a small pond and the expectation is and should be higher. Let’s be honest, it’s a poor quality league and we’re outperformed by almost every team, home and away.

We’re also supposedly in a good financial position and he’s had good backing, which a lot of his predecessors haven’t.

All of this is exacerbated by the way he comes across. He takes no accountability, his demeanour is drab and he’s exudes a delusional arrogance with his repetitive rhetoric. It’s either stubbornness or stupidity. He’s just not a particularly likeable guy.

Ultimately, in a results based business, all of this is by-in-large ‘acceptable’ if the results go our way (see Stam) but when they dry up public opinion shifts very quickly.

Well balanced post CR and good to see your input again

[Sutekh]

Without reading all of this thread. If I was an owner I would be mighty concerned about what appears to be the majority of the fanbase turning on LR. I'm presuming the owners or their representatives were there Saturday and observed the increasingly toxic atmosphere and the anger among the fans.
With next seasons ST's being rolled out and reading the general apathy on here and Social Media, I think renewals may be down unless something happens on the manager front. At the end of the day its all about ' Bums on seats'
I know of 3 or 4 of our group that are not bothering buying ST's next season because its boring/negative football and no longer an enjoyable day out as it used to be.
If that's a snapshot of the fanbase the owners will have to take some sort of action and replace the manager with someone who will bring in some optimism for next season.
He has to go!

And I suppose that then we can start a new manager out thread

Let’s get this to 50 pages first….

Presume you are still Leam in?

While I’d support his departure, I really just can’t see the point of changing to bring someone else in (and all the unknowns that’d bring at a key point in a season) who we all will likely go as soon as he’s announced and you (Brogue) will then immediately start another “manager out” thread on.

When was the last time Reading owners appointed a manager that we nearly all got excited by from the start? Probably Coppell as he was a known quantity. Since then it’s all been one long line of largely “cheap untried options” or their mates that no one has been overly supportive of - even Brian was a bit of let down to many, when first appointed, and seen as being cheap. What we probably want is a charismatic man managing dynamo that believes in entertaining football. Is there an up and coming Jurgen Klopp out there?

At the end of the day it’s Todd & Rob’s call & they’re not stupid, they must know and hear what the general fan feeling is so they need to take that negative into mind in the supposed season review they said they’d mount at the end of the season so supposedly any decision, if it’s going to be made, will happen by the end of this week.

And anyway, which managers are there currently out there that are realistically available for a supposedly aspiring 3rd division football club that would get the fans excited and buying the various subscriptions in their droves?

[RoyalBlue]

And I suppose that then we can start a new manager out thread

Let’s get this to 50 pages first….

Presume you are still Leam in?

And anyway, which managers are there currently out there that are realistically available for a supposedly aspiring 3rd division football club that would get the fans excited and buying the various subscriptions in their droves?

Richardson clearly sold the owners a dream. Next time around, the owners need to sell potential top quality candidates a dream.

[Brogue]

And I suppose that then we can start a new manager out thread

Let’s get this to 50 pages first….

Presume you are still Leam in?

While I’d support his departure, I really just can’t see the point of changing to bring someone else in (and all the unknowns that’d bring at a key point in a season) who we all will likely go as soon as he’s announced and you (Brogue) will then immediately start another “manager out” thread on.

When was the last time Reading owners appointed a manager that we nearly all got excited by from the start? Probably Coppell as he was a known quantity. Since then it’s all been one long line of largely “cheap untried options” or their mates that no one has been overly supportive of - even Brian was a bit of let down to many, when first appointed, and seen as being cheap. What we probably want is a charismatic man managing dynamo that believes in entertaining football. Is there an up and coming Jurgen Klopp out there?

At the end of the day it’s Todd & Rob’s call & they’re not stupid, they must know and hear what the general fan feeling is so they need to take that negative into mind in the supposed season review they said they’d mount at the end of the season so supposedly any decision, if it’s going to be made, will happen by the end of this week.

And anyway, which managers are there currently out there that are realistically available for a supposedly aspiring 3rd division football club that would get the fans excited and buying the various subscriptions in their droves?

Why would I start another manager out thread? I started this one because it was a shit appointment and I could see it was on day one. Bring in someone decent or literally anyone - jeff from the dog and duck is going to be than LinkedIn Leam

[Sutekh]

Let’s get this to 50 pages first….

Presume you are still Leam in?

And anyway, which managers are there currently out there that are realistically available for a supposedly aspiring 3rd division football club that would get the fans excited and buying the various subscriptions in their droves?

Richardson clearly sold the owners a dream. Next time around, the owners need to sell potential top quality candidates a dream.

Actually having an interview process, rather than just ringing up someone randomly and offering the job, might be of benefit to one and all next time.